Primary
Goldsmith Primary Academy
Goldsmith Road, Harden, WS3 1DL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 482 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 40.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 417
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExceptional
- Leadership and governanceExceptional
- Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
January 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
75%
13 points above the Walsall average (62% across 66 schools)
105.0
0.2 below the Walsall average (105.2 across 66 schools)
7th of 66 by our score, among the primary schools in Walsall we can score - 94 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 75% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 74% |
| 23/24 | 75% |
| 24/25 | 75% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Goldsmith Road, Harden, WS3 1DL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Walsall admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Headteacher
- Maximilian Wakeman
- Address
- Goldsmith Road, Harden, WS3 1DL
- Telephone
- 01922710182